The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-23
THE KEJlRlg gBFTBAGEED.
snDHEss Of HDH. LIONEL sisA5is Al THE
EsT8E ROUGE MEETING.

salltlf zssAN % tise ief7sAa tAaiNl II
4arSrreas Uaaar His &siiainiatrasia4i
Ladies' and r dliru.l democrat aa4E7 heli le6l
n5iaui me and SOC 50 many better enti3ltl
than ana to address yogL il il Wiiaa kesI
geHseof diffdenoa tlat pfessht llTseif DO
fore y0u. so1na claim Of aoanaintanoo Ia
been IuHle with tine good pe1nlpoi tho Civ
81 Baton hause EalaftunatelYi g fa1 a
NY Efforts afo concerned. ms aeqanintaneI
Iies ~ tho hills beyond ysuT rtty. 51I lasHto
your nEiehhofbnad sith lFlsieh laos q &C
uuaiui1ncB snpans gOod-st liawsldp. ZAP
plsuse.l II taiiB Eppm Eaysait the fas5, b
address myself 10 tiiis audliuuoH st-riEls il Z
beeausa IN She fair faces and tbs bright ayhi
Of Ehe ladies who have erGcod MS with thail
preseioe / fiiid ius1ara tinn. 1t b bCeausg
there are 6isicrfs which Ehether in seasa1
or ont of Hhzsar, lshuuia always be prgsHaiod
toyuu. II ish1esUse IN THIS rnod Stale. 7s1th
every nlaca temple, every season sammsr,
she paaca. ftla lirnErsss and the pTuspeTdts 81
our fair EgEereiun aEe involved AZ aolnl
keiHus voif . tlis1uss Political issues, ] Pre-
tend to sfzseuss FilHm l&5Eiys nHaznEt
thaa dlluEtfluus hero whose luIlIzaall
form Il paEaasd thrnuEh sans STATE IN
sHBEuh 81 sentiment HnN following. I have
slsllgEt 70 ssr, 80 faras hts historic record Is
6 aallliur is concerned, save n sht Us4 us
rzaisl. ised forbid atlat stuHld etri1 tnnri
fhat brow one laaf ut she giu1auug chaFlet
the yqHrriurzheNQ has n0nurlrTad ~ t1Hlrl 4nf-
hid that the Iseuiiid Of good Louisiana sa0lsid
foEEet dor oBe instant Whist durluE 3fEc
YEARS FrhnoiaI. Nichols dad Tor the auutl.
fApuiause- Bat the Af1 as eyer AMI Rast,
IN orr heBrts forever be written Haa ktisiegE
Of that cioi1hus Usr7Od. Hag we, tlrailgh
pYHra tuus EifFlng Cur taInfsss 1iil q EsEi3El
these OF our children anu orr nhildro7i'
children paF Slimlte to The heroes who
tuuEht the glorious evil wEr. iApriSuaR.l
But who Of al bbqNa who t0glgh Is R0T lif, mo
Of an those that achieved lHurels upon The
hhlds q the South, is alive te-day7
HKvl We No pEAn7
Ii guur midst is there no empty pince2 In
your 6residesiE there DO CHAIR 20 which the
WaicoInB guest never oaIndsi Are there no
widows WeedsT Is there no mother that
sEagBR forever Tor the SON who Is EOH63
Have we no dead IN ahg oguth, that these
Tlauplati remains BhGu1si hU brought tnus as
an thatHs leftnf the glorious achievements
Of 1ht, ware Shall we BppEal % tbs record OF
the LpnfedeEaCy2 Vino IN the whole ogutI,-
era belt deserves hcttGrof his people tann all
rnthETs9 Read tht history ct your pabi.
Bead tho achievements Of your Boldler6 aHd
tell me, fGll0w-elslEtn II you singled 9Ht
from uur midst him VINO deserves best st
your hands, Rpuid 1t be Er2Hels I. NICHOLS
prwuuldit be IautEnt be&ureBarI2 All gl5ry
% the
SOLDIER FOE HIs EEHrEvEEEsTs1
But 7 say Lhzt the -vari IA over and done. We
ere III the plplEE tame o. peace Soldier
EE0rd Egld bagnuCt haVe been AurnCd into
the pioWBhHTE. Deeds Of VEiOE art head an
year mEHury to-tsyr sgiOuOGs FeuulleCfloHH
10 be transmitted 60 your children. Dut ron
have duty to perform. AUu owe sonnet
90 your State, something % gour HGEgu,
something to year wives, RufuetElnE tn gaHF
children. Iuu owe the advancement, the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT the prosperity gcI T0Rr
State. and 50 5TECns J Say all hail to
klcbulis the soldier. Against his fair record
duunG thOss ionr years no breath Of Islander
ehGuld be tolerated but he returned;
Many on yours failed tuTGbarl. He returned
nt8ngied Many d gQnrE remained deed
upQn Tho field and were buried from EpRr
sight forever. 43greturuud 10 do his duty
asa cla2eLE, Sud
As 4 CITIEES WE EUBdE MN Io=ntg.
From 1859 pp 30 the time that the acct
dsn6y Of EEangif z. NisiloiiR having been a
EehuulInate Of Ulysses s. Giant IuHJe him
the Governor pf lsonlHlNHl- who ever heard
Of ecu. HiehpiiB2 daughter. When your
sronbieB began m Iensas, Through bed
River, and IN the days OF GguHhatta, al
through the bloody era fran 1859 b 1876,
what part did tFanGlgII. Nichols take in the
Redemption Of LpuiBHnag At the time that
Samuel % MeEnery al She bead of tbe NJ
Gletbes, who in North Louisiana started the
march fer the redemption oil Louisiana; ct
the time thst By night and bg day you to-
Eetber with the earnest and the honest men
Of North Louisiana, made It possible 10 re- /
deem our State, who heard of Francis r. !
Nlcholisq IApplsUHetl By the apsldeut Of !
Has dEENGAAktlLA III NGNNQl AlAkf Al EtE1G
with Gen. Grant, he brGRIac IN the eyer Of |
those who had yol2r bsst lnteTgHts at heart |
the most available candidate fer Governor. ]
BY grace Of that aispensRtiun Of Pr0yi- |
dehcL, that inscTltabla dlspensation whose
Way we p0sr, feeble m0rtals are not per
nitted 10 inquire into; thai dispensation
which by the same vote maue Hayes RreHi-
Gent through the Tote Of lloulsianRs and
Aouisiana--tiaughte grace OF that &C
cident We hsd d Democratic Governor and /
the admin BtTatlpn OF Francis Y. Nichols is /
right 70 disouss.
You haYe preaentad before you, not tllrgueh !
your Choice not through your HeehIng, but |
BY necessity, two candidates. We are CON- I
kltAltd at4 present 70 yop for your sJSilFnges /
EH0 dido tas, the man who seeks the 1snfni
nation and the man whom the nomination Z
Beeks--the liuslr5ouss MANNED hero who
WHuN6s FROM GRANT THE DSMocAACY, /
the man who wpu1il never stoep 10 seek an
piaee but who has been through thirty par
isies Of this State Smashing hands With every
voter. white Or black Lluud laughker,r cseefB I
aud HpnlRHEel aHbllIg Tor suffrage aIfti sup
poEh lnapgnEatlpE 2 campaign Of abqba ard
vttu1leEatson such as has never been known
IN tbese pSrtB, and claiming, foFROath. that
he. TINS 1lastrlouR hero tins combination Of
the eRtIe DEMOCRACY OF The Sogth hlnner
e s. nIl.ss sae gelnpcrAey q L0uisaenai
u AaVen right u judge Francis 7. Mich.
Oils, not the steteam9n; but Francis q. I
iSiellolas, ths pol1ttgylell, as he has written
y hltda man @ho, after protesting That his
H5a tlilou had been Satisfied, that lie lad no
desire remaining that hadfnpt been filed r.
pVef1iOWi1lg by tic hpR9rs henped upun him
by hla pe0.sla. ! bltlthis srefaEnern 4Obeli-
gnt 10 the beck and nod 81 politicians, going
tbrPu gtl thlB STA le and barfg aininq for Rotes /
md . man W no lad been Governor Of this
STATE ipr thEee yeRfs-R man who to-day i
heltont 70 pB rs H0IpathiRg approaching Inc
lnaM0rthls a IASli with Qualities ipp9DeeIKa-L
be, aud arnQne tt0se qualities Ills 6Ilnnasg
q pnti1spse, etle.nii iah SAY, 70 the beck
Against LIS individual hanestyI have no
thing tonHF. God forbid that the Illtil Sylao
viii tlielr swords Yfit0 the history Of epr
Against his personal iEtegfitE1 have potbiIip
- say. lhg5ueh it. Bat lie has BEEN Gov
4eFnpr, AND he has written, not with the
EW2I3l, hut sltii hiA ps35 in aoltemp orAnseua
PEEsToBE or lI1s aoyzRNeasHTP,
a5l3 Nhat do We ilslf Wedind q man hell
as to IN To-day A. the FEgs eInhpdimantof
9rInnehs % ppEF9se77A lasn reaqlBte, ms
1Alltll.l5ig, all43ttiilllg, pIToaehatae. aud
sfAment And how Dc these pfatestatiens
RtAnd when measured By the history OF the
standardization Of this a4ng y hsn NaB Il
during the three Feera fllat Francis II. Nieb.
sals WAS HoFer10r HAT be ever nneeftaalI
ERy measure on his personal fespqnsibilityg
Who WAS 10 thai installed tie Supreme Coiirl
o. kDis athAef NNs y bTlnata II Nichols. I
or MAS II The resolution of the Deisiaeratic
pancus9 f4Tenlendpns Cheering. NheA II
beoRIne q quest on HEder AZ act 81 the Lexis.
Aatulc leaving Is within The discretion a IN
GtRerhQr HhstheT certain bonds should 5s
PAID Or should remain anTaid, did he ~
HBsne ans responsibility Of did IA sgain 10
to the DeRlocIa tao caucus and AL for Adyios !
and lndoEsemeRf3 tApplznsa.I Wien II be- I
s1n, Tie head and front Of Tie heturnipp
Hoard the nan Of al men who, tiTTing l
eigat years bad held Louisiana under lie |
heel, Should be punished; when il became 4 !
lla1estg and I'D indepeNlenee: 8 stats b q |
gaslf9il tgl trg grlDqil. als q STATE nlant
even acpOIadlng 70 che question Of policy al . l
utgder the unaerstnnding between Gen. hiel
Fl4A and The authorities Al WaslainRioH, iFas |
re ~ act la4ea1asa inslsHlAity inst GRIM \
wee eAeluas'a from Al agreeIaelIts. and u I
bad hoHed apr pe0nis a dawes - tllS die-i I